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Comment on "Open-ocean fish reveal an omnidirectional solution to camouflage in polarized environments".

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Cronin, TW; Gagnon, YL; Johnsen, S; Marshall, NJ; Roberts, NW
Published in: Science (New York, N.Y.)
August 2016

Brady et al (Reports, 20 November 2015, p. 965) claimed that the silvery sides of certain fish are cryptic when viewed by animals with polarization sensitivity, which they termed "polarocrypsis." After examining their evidence, we find this claim to be unsupported due to (i) pseudoreplication, (ii) confounding polarization contrast with intensity contrast, and (iii) measurements taken at very shallow depths.

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Science (New York, N.Y.)

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EISSN

1095-9203

ISSN

0036-8075

Publication Date

August 2016

Volume

353

Issue

6299

Start / End Page

552

Related Subject Headings

  • Oceans and Seas
  • Light
  • General Science & Technology
  • Fishes
  • Environment
  • Ecosystem
  • Animals
 

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Cronin, T. W., Gagnon, Y. L., Johnsen, S., Marshall, N. J., & Roberts, N. W. (2016). Comment on "Open-ocean fish reveal an omnidirectional solution to camouflage in polarized environments". Science (New York, N.Y.), 353(6299), 552. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf4481
Cronin, Thomas W., Yakir Luc Gagnon, Sönke Johnsen, N Justin Marshall, and Nicholas W. Roberts. “Comment on "Open-ocean fish reveal an omnidirectional solution to camouflage in polarized environments".Science (New York, N.Y.) 353, no. 6299 (August 2016): 552. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaf4481.
Cronin TW, Gagnon YL, Johnsen S, Marshall NJ, Roberts NW. Comment on "Open-ocean fish reveal an omnidirectional solution to camouflage in polarized environments". Science (New York, NY). 2016 Aug;353(6299):552.
Cronin, Thomas W., et al. “Comment on "Open-ocean fish reveal an omnidirectional solution to camouflage in polarized environments".Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 353, no. 6299, Aug. 2016, p. 552. Epmc, doi:10.1126/science.aaf4481.
Cronin TW, Gagnon YL, Johnsen S, Marshall NJ, Roberts NW. Comment on "Open-ocean fish reveal an omnidirectional solution to camouflage in polarized environments". Science (New York, NY). 2016 Aug;353(6299):552.
Journal cover image

Published In

Science (New York, N.Y.)

DOI

EISSN

1095-9203

ISSN

0036-8075

Publication Date

August 2016

Volume

353

Issue

6299

Start / End Page

552

Related Subject Headings

  • Oceans and Seas
  • Light
  • General Science & Technology
  • Fishes
  • Environment
  • Ecosystem
  • Animals